LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 17, 12 September 1931, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL

Rotary Tea. Iti lieu of its weekly luneheon on Monday, the Rotorua Rotary Ciub will meet for tea in the Kiosk in the Government Gardens at 6 p.m. The president, Rotorian J. H. Buddle, will bring forward for discussion the proposed Rotorua Boys' Band and a full attendance of members is desired. Car Hits Telegraph Pole A motor smash occurred about 7 p.m. on Thursday, when a car owned by Mr. Oliver Smith, and driven by Mr. Roy Grant, both of Rotorup, had a clean blow-out in the righthand front tyre which caused the vehicle to leave the road and crash in^o a telegraph pole. The accident occurred on the main Rotorua-Auck-land highway, on the bitumen surface about eight miles past Tirau. The driver who was alone in the car, eseaped injury, but the right front portion of the yehicle was fairly extensively damaged. It was brought into Rotorua this morning by Bates and Son's wrecking crane. Ca:r and Truck Collide A collision occurred at the corner of Malfroy Road and Ranolf Street yesterday morning, when a motor truck driven by Mr. T. Yates, hit a motor car driven by Mr. I. Anaru, of the Waiariki Land Board. Mr. Yates was approaching the intersection from Malfroy Road West while Mr. Anaru was proceeding to town down Ranolf Street. Both cars swerved in an attempt to avoid an accident, *but collided in the centre of the intersection. and finished up on the pavement. No one was injured and both vehicles were only slightly damaged. Methodist Guilds' Bazaar The Rotorua Methodist Ladies' Guild will hold a bazaar and sale of work on October 7. A great quantity and variety of goods will be offered. The occasion is an effort to balarice the budget of The guild, whose finances have become much depleted through expenditure on relief work in tbe town. Work in Governinent Grounds A general cleaning up and renovation is at present being carried out in the Government Gardens. As many as possible of the buildings are being repainted and put in good repair, in readiness for the approaching tourist season. The Tourist Department, taking advantage of the relief labour available for general work, is at present employing its painters on repainting notice-boards and renewing the Maori figure work on the fence palings on the two main entrances to the Gardens. Maori Farewell As the Rotorua-Auckland express drew out of the station yesterday morning a large party of Whakarewarewa Maoris lent a decidedly unr.sual aspect to the departure, by their beautifully harmonised singing of the old native farewell song "E-Pare Ra," until the train vanished from sight. which was sung in both Maori and English. The occasion was the departure of Mr. W. F. A. Dennan, son of the late Maggie Papakura. Mr. Dennan is leaving Auckland to-mor-row by the London bound Rangitane.' Too Warm for the Tree Still another example of the many unusual factors which confront the j Borough authorities in Rotorua in the j course of their work in improving and I adding to the amenities of the town I was provided yesterday. Preparaj tions have been in hand in the Kuirau Reserve for the removal of certain trees to be replanted at the approaeh to the Whaka thermal reserve in connection with the improvement scheme now being cafried out under' i;he supervision of the landscape architect, Mr. F. Tschop. Mr. Tschopp noticed something tmusual about the foliage of one of the trees which had been prepared for removal and was at first inclined to the opinion that the recent snow fall had affected it. When the tree was lifted, however, it was discovered that the disturbance of the ground had permitted a hot spring to rise under the tree to within a few inches of the surface, Local Bodieg and Unemployed. The Rotorua Borough Council last evening decided to protest, through the Municipal Association, %gainst a Bill which has been brought down in the House of Representatives by Mr R. Semple, M.P., proposing the deletion from the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Act, 1925, of the clause permitting any local body to employ men on relief works at a

wage less than any award rate. The Mayor (Mr T. Jackson) in spealcing to a motion that a protest be forwarded by the council, said that he was afraid, under the present conditions of unemployment, the repeal of this particular clause of the Act, would inflict hardship on very many unemployed. From the local body point of view he thought tjiat the council should oppose the deletion of the clause. There were a great number of men out of employment and with the clause as it stood at present, local. bodies were able to assist by giving large numbers of them work.

Park Versus Sparks. "It is a case of Park versus Sparks" dryly eofnmented Cr. George Urquhart at last evening's meeting of the Rotorua Borough Council when the Mayor, Mr T. Jackson explained that the Tourist Department was unable to make any move to revise Rotorua electricity charges without the sanction of the Treasury. The secretray to the Treasury is Mr A. D. Park. For your friends who are going away, one of the latest novels from the Central Book Shop's (M. and B. Dorset) large selection would make an appreciable gift. Also a very cojnplete selection in our lending library. — Tutanekai St., next Grand Theatre.* Baby's weight. Keep a record of Baby's progress free. We invite you to make use of our up-to-date scales and present you with a card to keep particulars on. Len Fisher, Ltd., Chemist, Fenton Street.*